Associations to the word «Radium»

RADIUM, noun. A radioactive metallic chemical element (symbol Ra) with an atomic number of 88.

RADIUM DIAL, noun. The dial of a watch or clock on which the hours have been marked with a radium compound to make them luminous

RADIUM HYDROXIDE, noun. (chemistry) The strong base Ra(OH)2 obtained when radium reacts with water; it has no commercial use

RADIUM JAW, noun. A disease, with necrosis of the jaw and bleeding of the gums, caused by the ingestion of radium and its subsequent absorption into the bones.

RADIUM, noun. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.